French Culture
J’adore les bleus
Antoine Dupont makes the game look easy
A study in radical rhetoric
We can disagree with Annie Ernaux’s politics while saying she deserves her Nobel Prize
Lost dream of coexistence
Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
